Rationing Rationality

You know, it was really just a random lunch. I enjoyed the conversation; and I thought I did get to know my lunch buddy better; I thought I saw and encountered more of her. But as is often the case, conversations leave me with food for thought; and this was one of those. It’s kinda… [Read more…]

The Marshmallow Test

Remember the famous Marshmallow Test? The ones where kids were put in a room with just 1 marshmallow. If they waited until the experimenter returned, they would get 1 more marshmallow. A total of 2. Seriously, what pure agony. The researchers then tracked the lives of the kids into adolescence. Significantly, those who were able… [Read more…]

Guilt Trip

I must’ve gotten the bus stop wrong. Wasn’t too bothered about finding the right bus stop, and I hailed the first cab that came along. Alas, it was a Union cab without NETS payment facilities. I didn’t have enough cash on me, just $11.10 or something for the ride home. The first thing I told… [Read more…]

I’m an artist. Don’t question my integrity.

Auction Rooms Cafe

Auction Rooms Cafe on Errol Street in Melbourne was just wonderful...

Seismic shifts and home

Was listening to a radio programme about a week ago and I’ve kinda been ruminating about the issues for some time. It was one of those programmes which had call-in callers discussing about teenagers who have consensual sex and whether legal prosecution should be the way to go. I guess, it would not have been… [Read more…]

Week away from home.

Cannot have too many reflective posts. These posts are just random ok. I’m now at NSRCC (National Service Resort and Country Club), slacking and surfing Internet. haha. Tomorrow is staff retreat day, I decided to stay over cos I’m lazy to travel all the way home from this ulu pulu place after helping to settle… [Read more…]

ieat Makan Session

And so after some anxiety in the signing up process, Jialin managed to get us down for the ieat Makan Session at Beijing Hand-in-Hand Restaurant hosted by the cool food blogger of ieatishootipost. It was a very interesting experience. It was cool to finally hear Leslie Tay’s voice instead of reading his words, and see… [Read more…]

Love, Me – Learning to Sign (Part 3/3)

Learning to sign, for me, took a few steps. I remember trying out various ways of writing my name, but invariably all these ways included my given or my family name. Some do sign with names that they have given themselves, but that perhaps represents something else. In terms of form, I remember I had… [Read more…]

He thinks I am stupid.

In Mandarin, we have a saying: “speaking like the blind with his eyes wide open.” In rough terms, it basically means “lying through your teeth”. This happened at Sim Lim Square._________________________________ Me: So.. why is this hard disk so much cheaper than the other 2? (it had an older looking packaging than the other 2… [Read more…]